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We are all storytellers. We all live in a network of stories. There isn’t a stronger connection between people than storytelling.   - Jimmy Neil Smith

Upcoming events

    • 03/29/2025
    • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Center for the Arts, Black Mountain, NC


    A Slice of Life:​ An evening of stories

    March 29th • 7pm

    Tickets $18 in advance/$22 at the door

    Buy your tickets HERE

    Join nationally celebrated storyteller Connie Regan-Blake as she welcomes her storytelling workshop participants to the stage for “A Slice of Life: An Evening of Stories.” This year's tellers are Donna Catton-Johnson, Linda Chancey Guice, Lara Hope-Gill, Cheri Miller, Andy Russell, Steve Tate, Christine Westfeldt, and Janel Woodland.

    Connie is emceeing this evening of unique voices. The last several “Slice of Life” shows have been sell-outs – so get your tickets early!

    Buy your tickets HERE

    • 04/04/2025
    • 4:00 PM
    • 04/06/2025
    • 12:00 PM
    • Wildacres Retreat, Little Switzerland, NC
    Register

    SPRING RETREAT with MEGAN WELLS

    at Wildacres Retreat, Little Switzerland, NC

    April 4 - April 6, 2025

         Imagine this...you have a story, yearning to come to life, grow, and bloom in the world. So you and your story escape from daily distractions to a quiet lodge on top of a beautiful NC mountain. Then, with care and humility, you tell your story to one of the most sought-after storytelling coaches in the country, surrounded by a circle of Delighted Listeners - your storyteller friends eager to learn with you - as your coach lovingly helps you polish your little gem. And in the process, we all learn together and enjoy the unique alchemy of storytelling.

    If this appeals to you, REGISTER now. Spaces are limited and filling fast. 

    • Registration deadline is March 15!

    • Special format: 20 participants, 1 leader

    • Ten who sign up to bring a story for a one-on-one coaching session with Megan, observed by the whole group. This story will also be performed at a Sunday morning OLIO. The registration fee for a COACHING spot is $400. 

    • 10 Delighted Listener learner spots.

    • Sign up now to be a part of the Delighted Listener Learner audience and learn from the process. The registration fee for a DELIGHTED LISTENER LEARNER spot is $275.

    • Registration fee is ALL inclusive of lodging, meals, snacks, & learning together. 

    • Sunday morning Olio performance  of the ten stories

    • Saturday evening fellowship time for fun, healing, and singing with our Tribe

    • Contact Dianne Hackworth for more detail and to register for one of the limited spots. dianne@diannehackworth.com

    • Info about Megan Wells HERE

    • Info about Wildacres Retreat HERE

    • Info about North Carolina Storytelling Guild HERE

    REVIEWS from Spring Retreat with Megan Wells. 

    Just got home from the NCSG Spring Retreat and WOW! What a great weekend! Wildacres is a special place- great staff, delicious meals and a breath-taking location. The workshop itself was a standout. The diversity of storytelling talent gathered under one roof was impressive, as was Megan’s coaching. The feedback she provided was as unique as the storytellers themselves, and it was easy to see the improvement in all of the stories when we shared our revised versions. Perhaps best of was the sense of community and trust that formed between the tellers. One of the best things I’ve done for my storytelling in a long while.   - Andy Russell

    This is to let you know that I thoroughly enjoyed Megan Wells's workshop.  She is a "sought-after coach" for good reason!  She is so gentle in the way she suggests ways to draw an audience more fully into one's story, without telling one WHAT to do.  I could not have found a better teacher for the story I presented. - Donna Catton-Johnson

    I spent last weekend at the North Carolina Storytelling Guild Spring Retreat at the Wild Acres Retreat Center in the mountains east of Asheville. Our workshop leader Megan Wells did an amazing job of creating a safe and sacred space for everyone to create and craft their stories. Thanks to Dianne Hackworth for putting it all together and to the fabulous crew at Wild Acres for making us feel so welcome. Thanks to everyone who attended, both tellers and listeners, you made this time together Magick. (That's "magic" with a "k" for the Old Magick) And of course, thanks to Megan Wells for shining her heart light so that we could see previously undiscovered places in our stories. - Janel Behm


    • 04/26/2025
    • 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
    • Page-Walker Arts & History Center, 119 Ambassador Loop, Downtown Cary, NC



Past events

02/08/2025 Bynum Front Porch Storytelliing
01/31/2025 NCSG Winter Workshop: Storytelling as Play, Practice, Performance and Public Good
01/25/2025 Storyteller Open Mic w. Phyllis Dodd
01/16/2025 Classic Southern Folktales with Becky & Pat Stone
01/11/2025 Bynum stories and songs!”
12/20/2024 OPEN MIC Night - A Christmas celebration at our December 20th Gathering
12/05/2024 Traditional Tales with a TWIST
12/05/2024 Appalachian Wonder Tales with Adam Booth
11/24/2024 TELLABRATION 2024 - ASHEVILLE STORYTELLING CIRCLE
11/17/2024 Lipbone Redding @ BYNUM FRONT PORCH
11/15/2024 Stories on the Square OPEN MIC Night
11/01/2024 Old North State Storytelling Festival
11/01/2024 MEET THE TELLERS & 2024 Annual Banquet - North Carolina Storytelling Guild
10/31/2024 HOW TO TELL A STORY - Workshop with Megan Wells
10/25/2024 STAGE FRIGHT - GHOST STORIES AT THE PEACOCK
10/19/2024 A Slice of Life: AN EVENIING OF STORIES
10/18/2024 Chatham County Stories & Songs, BYNUM FRONT PORCH
09/20/2024 STORIES ON THE SQUARE - Open Mic Night
09/08/2024 Storytelling & Quilting with Willa Brigham
09/07/2024 Michael Reno Harrell - Storytelling at Bynum Front Porch
08/24/2024 APPALACHIAN TALES - STORIES AND MUSIC
08/24/2024 An Evening of Appalachian Tales
08/15/2024 Love from Appalachia: An Evening of Storytelling
08/09/2024 WOODS & WILDS: A LIVE STORYTELLING AND MUSIC EVENT
08/02/2024 International Black Theatre Festival: Storytelling Festival: Stories for Young People
07/21/2024 Storytelling and Gallery Walk with Ryan Dial
07/19/2024 OPEN MIC NIGHT - STORIES ON THE SQUARE
07/13/2024 Michael Reno at Hickory Community Theater - The Fireman's Kitchen
06/29/2024 GATHER AROUND THE FIRE: THE CHEROKEE BONFIRE STORYTELLING SERIES
06/22/2024 Blueridge Storytelling Summit
06/22/2024 Blue Ridge Storytelling Summit
06/15/2024 Feisty Women -- Erin Johnston and Sarah Beth Nelson
06/07/2024 ROADHOUSE STORYTELLERS at Page-Walker Arts & History Center
05/24/2024 NCSG Spring Retreat 2024
05/20/2024 Storytelling at John C. Campbell Folk School
05/20/2024 Asheville Storytelling Circle
05/17/2024 Stories on the Square Hayesville
05/16/2024 David Novak -- The Animated Life
05/16/2024 STORYTELLING at Weaverville Community Center
05/09/2024 Tell It Like It Is - Story Swap - May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 2024
04/27/2024 Lies & Pies
04/27/2024 Story Treasures Weekend Workshop with Connie Regan-Blake
04/26/2024 Black Mountain International Liars Contest
04/13/2024 Sounds of the Mountains Storytelling Festival
03/22/2024 What I've Learned So Far: Storytelling with Tim Lowry & Lee Lyons FREE
03/09/2024 ROADHOUSE STORYTELLERS® at BYNUM FRONT PORCH
03/04/2024 Online Storytelling Course with Noa Baum
03/03/2024 Dances and Stories of Folk School - Fredrick Parks
02/29/2024 Black Roots, Stories, Dreams, and Glories
02/04/2024 Our Families, Our Lives, Our Stories - Elizabeth Ellis
01/26/2024 MOUNTAIN STRONG presents: Stories with Ashley McGhee Whittle & Sherry Lovett
01/21/2024 Appalachian Storytelling Connection Workshop - Lyn Ford
01/19/2024 OPEN MIC NIGHT in Hayesville
01/19/2024 OPEN MIC Night - Stories on the Square
01/19/2024 WINTER WORKSHOP with Sue O'Halloran
01/15/2024 APPALACHIAN STORYTELLING @ the Folk School - Storytelling Mondays
01/04/2024 Tell It Like It Is - Story Swap - Recurring event - Thursdays 1/4, 1/11, 1/18, 1/25
12/14/2023 Tell It Like It Is - Story Swap on ZOOM Thursdays - Mountain Area Storytellers
11/26/2023 Stories of Christmas with Donna Marie Todd
11/19/2023 TELLABRATION with the Asheville Storytelling Circle
11/11/2023 Twice Upon a Time: Milbre Burch & Antonio Rocha
11/05/2023 'Tis a Gift to be Simple: The Folk Art of Storytelling
11/03/2023 Old North State Storytelling Festival/ Nov. 3 & 4
10/31/2023 ECLIPSE: Stories of Light & Dark
10/21/2023 A Slice of Life: An Evening of Stories
10/21/2023 Who Speaks for Red Wolves?
10/21/2023 Stage Fright - Ghost Stories at the Peacock Performing Arts Center
10/08/2023 Brunswick County Intercultural Festival with Storyteller MARVA MOSS
09/24/2023 Michael Reno Harrell & Josh Goforth "The Characters We've Known"
09/18/2023 Appalachian Storytelling in September
09/17/2023 John C. Campbell Folk School welcomes ANDY OFFUTT IRWIN
09/15/2023 Stories On The Square - OPEN MIC NIGHT
09/09/2023 ROADHOUSE STORYTELLERS at Page-Walker Arts & History Center
07/12/2023 PBS NC PREVIEW SCREENING OF SOUTHERN STORYTELLERS AND VIRTUAL DISCUSSION

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